Coughlin v. Anderson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ‘‘[i]t is axiom- atic that the burden of proving damages is on the party claiming them’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[although it is the jury’s right to draw logical deductions and make reasonable inferences from the facts proven ... it may not resort to mere conjecture and speculation” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• \[a]lthough it is the jury's right to draw logical deductions and make reasonable inferences from the facts proven . . . it may not resort to mere conjecture and speculation\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• ‘‘[a]s a general rule, facts must be pleaded as a special defense when they are consistent with the allegations of the complaint but demonstrate, nonethe- less, that the plaintiff has no cause of action’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• ‘‘[a]s a general rule, facts must be pleaded as a special defense when they are consistent with the allegations of the complaint but demonstrate, nonethe- less, that the plaintiff has no cause of action’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “It is axiomatic that the burden of proving damages is on the party claiming them. . . . When damages are claimed they are an essential element of the plaintiffs proof and must be proved with reasonable certainty.” [Internal quotation marks omitted.]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Perez-Dickson v. City of Bridgeport
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2012-05-01· cited 78×
• Sullivan v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-06-16· cited 54×
• McBurney v. Cirillo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-01-24· cited 29×
• National Publishing Co. v. Hartford Fire Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-07-08· cited 22×
• Chijian Zhang v. Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-02-01· cited 22×
• Burton v. City of Stamford
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-06-09· cited 20×
• Riccio v. HARBOUR VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASS'N
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-02-06· cited 20×
• Robinson v. Gailno
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-09-06· cited 14×
• Almada v. Wausau Business Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-12· cited 14×
• Keeney v. Mystic Valley Hunt Club, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2006-01-31· cited 13×
• Simone v. Miller
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-08-30· cited 12×
• Sargent v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-02-08· cited 9×
• Stefanoni v. Duncan
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-11-01· cited 8×
• Sullivan v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2006-08-01· cited 7×
• U. B. Vehicle Leasing, Inc. v. Davis
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-07-12· cited 6×
• Moran v. Morneau
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2007-03-27· cited 6×
• Chorches v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
  D. Connecticut· 2014-09-10· cited 6×
• Dept. of Public Health v. Estrada
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2024-06-11· cited 6×
• Johnson v. Sourignamath
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-07-26· cited 5×
• Walters v. Servidio
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2024-07-30· cited 5×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bennett v. Automobile Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-16· cited 99×
• Pawlinski v. Allstate Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-05-02· cited 93×
• DuBose v. Carabetta
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1971-06-03· cited 83×
• State v. Wargo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-12-19· cited 69×
• Branch v. Occhionero
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-20· cited 56×
• Il Giardino, LLC v. Belle Haven Land Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-09-05· cited 52×
• Frillici v. Town of Westport
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-06-10· cited 46×
• Schulz v. Syvertsen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-28· cited 40×
• River Bend Associates, Inc. v. Conservation & Inland Wetlands Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-05-18· cited 40×
• Janusauskas v. Fichman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-07-22· cited 39×
• Lakeview Associates v. Woodlake Master Condominium Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-01-21· cited 26×
• Town of Boothbay v. Jenness
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2003-05-05· cited 19×